Book Launch — November 2, 2012

Book Launch

For those of you who live in New York, I would like to invite you all to come out to the Overseas Press Club in Manhattan on Monday, November 12 for the book launch of The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda and America’s War in Arabia.

It should be a fun, laid-back evening and I hope to see many of you there.

The Present

Strong passwords: The mathematical power of 3 random words

Sick of remembering a random string of letters, numbers, and special characters?

Health

A dog cancer vaccine may save them — and, one day, us

A successful trial that tested a vaccine against bladder cancer in dogs could help develop a similar one for humans.

The Well

95% of your behavior is primate behavior

He’s studied apes for 50 years – here’s what most people get wrong.

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6 min

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Frans de Waal

Starts With A Bang

Remember why we look up

Looking up at the night sky gives us a glimpse of the Universe beyond our terrestrial concerns. Here’s what’s out there.

The Future

Spanish airline Air Nostrum orders a fleet of airships

The airships have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, can fly for five days, and can cruise as high as 20,000 feet at 80 mph. They take to the skies over Spain in 2026.

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